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Education fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about education. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

1,862 published reviews in this topic

PolitiFactEducation

Says Governor Cooper has vetoed "every single teacher pay raise we've ever passed."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

FactCheck.orgEducation

Miami-Dade County “banned” the poem read at the 2020 presidential inauguration by Amanda Gorman in all its elementary schools.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

Says North Carolina's average teacher salary was at the national average "back when I was in public school."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan is a "bailout for rich kids."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactEducation

"We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade."

Publisher’s rating: True

PolitiFactEducation

Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

FactCheck.orgEducation

"Students will repeat current grade next year" in several states due to the coronavirus.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgEducation

"It’s a fact that those who perform well on math & reading tests tend to perform more poorly on the 1-mile run, and vice versa."

Publisher’s rating: No Evidence

PolitiFactEducation

"The vast majority of Wisconsin students cannot even read, write, or do math at grade level."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

During Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactEducation

Opening the schools “is a local determination, but it’s not a state determination.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

“Governor Andy Beshear has authorized Kentucky teachers to make in-home visits. With parental approval, teachers will inspect the bedroom of each student currently enrolled in K-8.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactEducation

"¿Se dan cuenta de que 26 de cada 100 estudiantes de preescolar a 12º grado hablan español?"

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactEducation

Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “just signed legislation requiring students, faculty and staff at Florida’s public universities and colleges to register their political views with the state.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgEducation

President Biden's goal is to have "teaching at least one day a week in the majority of schools, by day 100."

Publisher’s rating: Studies: Already Done

Facebook postsEducation

"California to teach kindergarteners there are 15 genders."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactEducation

On supporting student debt relief.

Publisher’s rating: Half Flip

PolitiFactEducation

"Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False